Vol. 111 - Part I - Zoological Survey of India

74 Rec. zool. Surv. India
1914. Hedotettix gracilis : Kirby, Faun. Brit. India, Orth., :
72.
Material examined : Bhopal; VVNP, Vihar vithika,
11.x.2003 (1♀), 12.x.2003 (2♀), 13.x.2003 (1♀), 17.x.2003
(1♀), coll. Dinesh Nema & S. Ahirwar.
Diagnostic characters : Head not exerted above the
pronotum; vertex equal to or narrower than an eye,
front margin rounded, frontal costa widely sulcate, rami
widened between antennae, antennae inserted below
the middle of eyes; pronotum angulated anteriorly,
extended behind upto the apex of hind femora or beyond
it, dorsum finely granulose, tectiform between shoulders,
wings extending upto pronotum or surpass a little.
Distribution : India : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal.
Elsewhere : Celebes, Java, Myanmar, Sumatra, Sri
Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Genus Ergatettix Kirby, 1914
10. Ergatettix dorsiferus (Walker)
1871. Tettix dorsiferus Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus.,
5 : 825.
1929. Ergatettix dorsiferus: Hebard, Revue Suisse. Zool., 36 :
588.
Material examined : Bhopal : VVNP, Vihar vithika,
11.x.2003 (24♂, 22♀) , 12.x.2003 (1♂, 2♀), 13.x.2003 (1♂),
17.x.2003 (2♂, 3♀) coll. Dinesh Nema & S. Ahirwar.
Diagnostic characters : Head distinctly exerted
above the surface of pronotum, vertex narrower than
an eye; antennae situated below inferior margin of eyes;
pronotum and wings extend beyond the apex of hind
femora, dorsum wide between shoulders, rugulose,
median carina depressed in front, undulate behind the
shoulders, lateral carinae wavy.
Distribution : India : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal.
Elsewhere : Bangladesh, Central Asia, Java,
Myanmar, Nepal, South China, Sumatra, Greater Sunda
Islands, Taiwan and Turkmenistan.
Suborder ENSIFERA
Infraorder GRYLLIDEA
Superfamily GRYLLOIDEA
Family GRYLLIDAE
Subfamily GRYLLINAE
Genus Phonarellus Gorochov, 1983
Subgenus Phonarellus Gorochov, 1983
11. Phonarellus (Phonarellus) minor Chopard
1959. Gymnogryllus minor Chopard, Stuttg. Beitr. z.
Naturk., : 1.
1967. Gymnogryllus minor : Chopard, Orth. Cat., pt. 10 :
19.
1983. Phonarellus (Phonarellus) minor, Gorochov,
Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 62(2) : 323.
Material examined : Bhopal; VVNP, Vihar vithika,
13.x. 2003 (1♂), 17.x. 2003 (1♂); coll. Dinesh Nema & S.
Ahirwar.
Diagnostic characters : Head reddish or blackish;
middle part of antennae with a long whitish ring;
pronotum blackish; anterior and median legs yellowish,
posterior femora blackish with yellowish top; posterior
tibiae armed with 4 spine on each margin; cerci brown,
yellowish at base; male elytra transparent; ovipositor
rather short.
Distribution : India : Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere : Afghanistan,
Iran, Java, Myanmar, Pakistan and South Vietnam.
Genus Modicogryllus Chopard, 1961
12. Modicogryllus confirmatus (Walker)
1869. Gryllus confirmatus Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit.
Mus., 1 : 371.
1964. Modicogryllus confirmatus, Randell, Can. Ent., 96(12) :
1584.
Material examined : Bhopal; VVNP, Vihar vithika,
12.x.2003 (1♀), coll. Dinesh Nema & S. Ahirwar.
Diagnostic characters : Head brown with narrow
yellow band connecting the lateral ocelli; occiput with
6 short yellowish lines, mirror longer than wide, divided
by a curved vein; 2 oblique veins, lateral field
transparent, two anterior veins strongly curved and
separated from other posterior veins.
Distribution : India : Andaman Islands, Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana,